Instagram Explore Playlist Generator

A browser extension for Chrome and Safari (in Safari: Instagram Explore Playlist Gen) that lists the songs used in posts on your Instagram Explore feed and helps you put them in a Spotify playlist.

It has no server of its own: everything stays in your browser on your computer, nothing is sent to us, and there are no analytics, ads or trackers. Spotify is reached through a Spotify developer app that you create and own, with your own Spotify account; we have no access to it.

What it reads

On instagram.com: the post data Instagram's own page has already loaded while you scroll. From it the extension keeps the song title and artist, and the post's short code (to link back to the post). It makes no requests of its own to Instagram and never sees your password. For troubleshooting it also keeps, in your browser only, a short log of the Instagram requests it looked at and a few raw copies of responses that mentioned music (these can include other post details, such as captions and account names). They stay in your browser unless you press Debug data and send the file to someone yourself.
On developer.spotify.com/dashboard: only while you set up your Spotify app, to fill in the form for you and to read your app's Client ID from the page address.

What it stores

Everything is kept in your browser, in the extension's own storage: the songs found, their Spotify matches, your settings, the playlist it made, the troubleshooting log above, and your Spotify Client ID and login tokens. Removing the extension deletes all of it. Clear captures in the panel removes the song list.

Backups. Back up in Settings (Chrome only), and an automatic backup once a week, save a copy of that storage as a file in your Downloads folder, without your Spotify login tokens (the Client ID is included). The files stay on your computer: delete them like any other file. Restore reads a file you pick and merges it back into the extension's storage.

What it sends, and where

Only to Spotify, and only for your own account:

Spotify login (accounts.spotify.com), when you connect.
Spotify Web API (api.spotify.com): song searches (title and artist), creating your playlist and adding songs to it, and saving a song to your Liked Songs when you ask.
Spotify's player and cover images (open.spotify.com), to play songs in the panel.

Spotify's own privacy policy applies to that.

The Search YouTube link opens YouTube's search in a new tab only when you click it. Download CSV and Debug data save a file to your computer only when you press them; backups are described above.

Selling and sharing

None of your data is sold, shared, or used for anything other than the features above.

Contact

Questions: email hello@alwaysdrafting.com.